NotARealK2500
This'll be my last GMT400, I swear!
I'm back in a GMT400 and it's never felt so good - it feels like being home.
This time I got an ugly brown work truck I'm going to try and breathe some new life into. Originally it was owned by my city's parks department, so everything is base-model. The previous owner bought it at auction some years back and used it as a farm truck. Which would explain why its got wheat dust and mud everywhere.
It's got the 4.3 with Getrag 5spd, 3.08 gears, and feels fairly solid. Which is perfect for what I need; a parts runner truck that still gets (hopefully) respectable mpgs. Some things need fixing though, because she's rough:
This is when I picked her up for $800, should make a fun winter project.
First things first - upon initial inspection, everything appeared factory (Delco P/Ns) and gummed up with oil, carbon and wheat chaff from her previous owner. So I went with a complete tune-up and overhaul; spark plugs, wires, cap, rotor, coil, PCV valve, IAC valve, TPS, O2S, complete TBI unit rebuild.
Interior wasn't much better. Driver's side cushion has a chunk taken out of it, but it's already wired up for CB so I'm a happy camper.
PO complained that the dash lights and brake lights didn't work. Replaced the stop lamp switch, headlight and dimmer switch, and replaced all the PC194s with Sylvania LEDs while I was in there. Radio is getting removed and replaced with aftermarket. The entirety of the dash and steering column had a good inch of wheat dust crammed in every corner.
For reference, this is how the door panel, instrument cluster bezel, fan shroud, bedliner, and headliner were held on. Who knows what else I have left to find. Self-tappers and 3-4 stacked washers everywhere. Going to be taking some trips out to the junkyard and LMC to get the factory stuff and do it right. This door needs its exterior handle replaced anyways, so not a big deal.
Here's how she sits after Night 1: Tore out headliner, removed license plate bracket, installed new side window covers, painted grille to match trim, new Sylvania Silverstar headlights, LED turn/brake/reverse/interior lights, etc.
Immediate Future:
Oil change
Oil/fuel filter
Tachometer
Driver's door handle
Serpentine belt
Belt tensioner assembly / idler pulley
Front brake rotors and pads
Front wheel bearings
Front + Rear Shocks
Blower motor
New tires
Distant Future:
2" lowering shackles
New front springs
Moog upper/lower ball joints
Moog inner/outer tie rod ends
Moog idler arm/pitman arm
Remove bedliner
Tonneau cover
Wire-wheel+paint wheels
Chrome rear bumper
Distant, distant future:
Flatbed
This time I got an ugly brown work truck I'm going to try and breathe some new life into. Originally it was owned by my city's parks department, so everything is base-model. The previous owner bought it at auction some years back and used it as a farm truck. Which would explain why its got wheat dust and mud everywhere.
It's got the 4.3 with Getrag 5spd, 3.08 gears, and feels fairly solid. Which is perfect for what I need; a parts runner truck that still gets (hopefully) respectable mpgs. Some things need fixing though, because she's rough:
This is when I picked her up for $800, should make a fun winter project.
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First things first - upon initial inspection, everything appeared factory (Delco P/Ns) and gummed up with oil, carbon and wheat chaff from her previous owner. So I went with a complete tune-up and overhaul; spark plugs, wires, cap, rotor, coil, PCV valve, IAC valve, TPS, O2S, complete TBI unit rebuild.
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Interior wasn't much better. Driver's side cushion has a chunk taken out of it, but it's already wired up for CB so I'm a happy camper.
You must be registered for see images attach
PO complained that the dash lights and brake lights didn't work. Replaced the stop lamp switch, headlight and dimmer switch, and replaced all the PC194s with Sylvania LEDs while I was in there. Radio is getting removed and replaced with aftermarket. The entirety of the dash and steering column had a good inch of wheat dust crammed in every corner.
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For reference, this is how the door panel, instrument cluster bezel, fan shroud, bedliner, and headliner were held on. Who knows what else I have left to find. Self-tappers and 3-4 stacked washers everywhere. Going to be taking some trips out to the junkyard and LMC to get the factory stuff and do it right. This door needs its exterior handle replaced anyways, so not a big deal.
You must be registered for see images attach
Here's how she sits after Night 1: Tore out headliner, removed license plate bracket, installed new side window covers, painted grille to match trim, new Sylvania Silverstar headlights, LED turn/brake/reverse/interior lights, etc.
You must be registered for see images attach
Immediate Future:
Oil change
Oil/fuel filter
Tachometer
Driver's door handle
Serpentine belt
Belt tensioner assembly / idler pulley
Front brake rotors and pads
Front wheel bearings
Front + Rear Shocks
Blower motor
New tires
Distant Future:
2" lowering shackles
New front springs
Moog upper/lower ball joints
Moog inner/outer tie rod ends
Moog idler arm/pitman arm
Remove bedliner
Tonneau cover
Wire-wheel+paint wheels
Chrome rear bumper
Distant, distant future:
Flatbed
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